And now, finally, we have Cruz’s wild west high-noon challenge to Trump, calling him a “sniveling coward,” that has all of Fatcat Junction a’flutter.
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A reporter immediately asked Cruz if he would still support Trump as the nominee, as Cruz has repeatedly vowed to do.
Donald Trump threatened to “spill the beans” on Ted Cruz’s wife, Heidi, on Tuesday and retweeted a meme the next day meant to make an unflattering comparison between Heidi and his own wife, Melania Trump.
Republican presidential candidate Ted Cruz was fuming Thursday when he told rival Donald Trump to lay off his wife.
At this juncture, Mr. Trump is the odds-on favorite to win the nomination, with Mr. Cruz well behind in the delegate count.
The two spokeswomen were referring to an ad created by an anti-Trump super PAC which targeted Utah Mormon voters with a web ad featuring a naked Melania Trump handcuffed to a bed. Ted Cruz rally in Texas prior to the 2016 Texas primary.
But more to the point, since this is all just theatre anyway: Nobody can be a better fake tough person than Donald Trump.
Blaming the policies of Democratic President Barack Obama, Cruz said manufacturing companies and small businesses have been “hammered by taxes and regulations coming from Washington that make it harder and harder to succeed in this country”.
The Trump campaign did not respond to an email seeking comment on his tweets about Heidi Cruz. “Donald doesn’t like strong women”.
After a super PAC unrelated to Cruz published an ad using a suggestive photo of Trump’s wife, Melania, from GQ, Trump laid the blame on Cruz anyway.
“When he gets scared, he screams, he yells, often he curses and he insults and attacks whoever is standing near him”, said Cruz. In response to each of these past personal attacks, Cruz has either dismissed them outright or laughed them off. Today we saw a different Ted Cruz, a Ted Cruz frustrated by the increasingly personal and increasingly bitter tone of their rivalry.
His remarks were the latest burst of hostility between the two camps, which earlier this week erupted into full view when Mr. Trump accused Mr. Cruz of posting a nude photo of Melania Trump on Twitter. “Donald, you’re a sniveling coward, leave Heidi the hell alone”.
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The Texas senator condemned Trump’s reactions as the work of a “big, loud NY bully”. It’s an action of fear. When the incident was uncovered, Cruz’s office released a statement saying “she experienced a brief bout of depression” but “came through that struggle with prayer, Christian counseling, and the love and support of her husband and family”. Heidi Cruz spoke out about the Trump feud just yesterday, but brushed off the bellicose billionaire’s insults.
